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Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app

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You can now build a plugin once and use it across all compatible agent clients. We published Agent Plugins 1.0 on August 6 with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel. Google also joined as a core maintainer on the same day.

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Glean connector in Lakeflow Connect (Beta)

You can now ingest data from Glean into Databricks using the managed Glean connector in Lakeflow Connect. The connector ingests company-wide usage insights for search, Assistant, and agents, along with the shortcuts (go links) defined in your Glean deployment, using a Glean Client API token. This feature is in Beta . See Glean connector .

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Copilot memory and Ollama in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains

This update brings persistent memory, local model access, and more enterprise controls to GitHub Copilot for JetBrains. It also improves everyday chat workflows and resolves reliability issues across MCP servers, terminals, customizations, and cloud agents.

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Upcoming deprecation of MAI-Code-1-Flash

With the launch of MAI-Code-1.1-Flash , we will deprecate MAI-Code-1-Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences on September 10, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative MAI-Code-1-Flash 9-10-2026 MAI-Code-1.1-Flash Please update your workflows and integrations to use the new model before September 10.

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MAI-Code-1.1-Flash available in GitHub Copilot

MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, Microsoft’s latest small-tier coding model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. Building on MAI-Code-1-Flash, it adds native vision support for image understanding and delivers improvements across coding quality, instruction following, tool use, and performance.

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Per-model token breakdown in the usage report

You can now see a per-model breakdown of the tokens behind your AI credits in the usage report. For each model, the AI usage report shows the input, output, cache read, and cache write tokens alongside the AI credits it consumed.

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Grok 4.6 is now available in GitHub Copilot

Grok 4.6, xAI’s latest reasoning model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows. In our internal testing, Grok 4.6 showed strong results across terminal-based coding tasks in Visual Studio Code and Copilot CLI.

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GitHub Copilot weekly releases , August 10

From new models and portable plugins to smoother agent workflows, this week’s updates make GitHub Copilot more flexible across editors, the command line, and the Copilot app. GitHub Copilot, general Kimi K3 is rolling out to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans.

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Copilot on web expands conversation controls

We’ve made improvements to Copilot Chat on github.com that make it easier to use. These include easier access to your recent conversations in chat, the ability to minimize the chat window and return to an in-progress conversation, and indicators that help you track your Copilot token spend.

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